On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Ilya wrote:

> Wayne VanTassel wrote:
> > perhaps I am naive, but I don't see how a gluten molecule can show up in
> > muscle.  does gluten pass through the intestinal wall??  I didn't think so.

> I was under an impression that gluten contributes to the intestinal wall
> damage, and once damages it would allow partially digested molecules to get
> in. Also, a high carb diet would contribute to yeast overgrowth, which also
> compromised intestinal wall (yeast literally growths through it), which would
> then let some partially digested food get through.

The question here is whether gluten damages the intestines of
*cows*, who are natural grass-eaters.

Also, even in humans the "partially digested molecules" of gluten
are in fact no longer gluten but smaller polypeptides that are,
according to Reichelt and others, opioid in nature.  But it's not
clear that the gluten is only partially digested when cows eat
it.  I would be very interested to learn whether actual gluten
molecules are found embedded in beef.

Todd Moody
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